Pennsylvania Federation Spotlight, Part V: CR Alumni
Friday, October 5th, 2007Famous PACR Alumni:
Fmr. US Senator Rick Santorum (Former State Chairman)
US Rep. Phil English (Former State Chairman)
Fmr. US Rep. Mellisa Hart
Fmr. HUD Regional Director & Chief of Staff for US Rep. Jim Gerlach Guy Ciarrocchi
College Republican National Co-Chairman Nick Miccarelli (Former State Chairman)
Pennsylvania Federation Spotlight, Part IV: Caucus System
Thursday, October 4th, 2007Over the past two years, PACRs have implemented the extremely successful caucus system as a way of connecting chapters and the PACR executive board.
The Pennsylvania caucus system is broken down into seven different regions: Northwest, Southwest, North Central, South Central, Northeast, Lehigh Valley, Southeast.
These regions enable chapters to communicate amongst each other in […]
Pennsylvania Federation Spotlight, Part III: “The City That Doesn’t Quite Love You Back”
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007This was written by Ed Furman, St Joseph’s College Republican Vice-Chair.
Election Day 2006 was a very interesting one. While some of the PA candidates didn’t fare as well as had hoped some interesting things emerged, such as the machine politics of Philadelphia.
Part of the GOTV push for the Philadelphia schools such as Temple, Penn, […]
Pennsylvania Federation Spotlight, Part II: Chairman Biography
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007Sean Tamba-Matthew, Chairman of the PA College Republicans, is a native of Sage’s hometown - Cleveland, OH (Go Tribe!) and is currently a Senior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Political Science with a minor in Economics.
He is the former State 2nd Vice Chairman, State Students for Swann Chair and Vice-Chairman of the […]
Pennsylvania Federation Spotlight, Part I: Political Climate
Monday, October 1st, 2007Pennsylvania’s political climate is one of great tension for Republicans.
The commonwealth has not voted for a Republican Presidential Candidate since George H.W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988. Furthermore, Republicans are feeling the stress of losing four House seats, a Senate seat, and the majority in the State House in last year’s midterm elections. […]
Maine Federation Spotlight, Part IV: State of the Federation
Thursday, September 27th, 2007According to Chairman Nate Walton:
The achievements of Maine College Republicans have been repeatedly recognized by state and national Republican leaders, and the statewide organization has become widely regarded as the national standard for state College Republican federations.
In July, the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) recognized the Maine College Republicans as the “Best State Federation […]
Maine Federation Spotlight, Part III: Recruitment
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007The Maine College Republicans have over 5,000 members on 24 campuses across Maine, one for every campus in the state.
In 2006, and as a result of substantially successful fundraising efforts, Maine hired five CRNC field staff who recruited over 3,000 new College Republicans.
These additional volunteers provided over 12,500 volunteer hours supporting Republican […]
Maine Federation Spotlight, Part II: Chairman Biography
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007As written by Mr. Walton himself:
Nate Walton became active with the College Republicans soon after starting his freshman year at Bates College, devising a Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) plan that resulted in over 200 additional Republican votes from the traditionally liberal campus of 1,700 students in November 2004. Nate was elected the chapter’s first vice president in […]
Maine Federation Spotlight, Part I: Coolest Event
Monday, September 24th, 2007There are many events which could qualify, but Maine Federation Chairman, Nate Walton, said the coolest one in his mind is the annual party the Maine College Republicans host in conjunction with the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), that being MAINEFEST.
According the Walton, MAINEFEST is one of the largest annual social gatherings in Washington D.C. […]
Colorado Federation Spotlight, Part V: Federation Goals
Friday, September 21st, 2007As Craig McCoy of the Colorado College Republicans put it, the goal of his federation is quite simple:
To provide information to fellow college students and to help bring republicans into office.
To do that College Republicans need to do many things. In the words of McCoy, the Colorado CRs need to revamp their […]